Procurement and Contracts Manager

Groupe Talents Handicap; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Groupe Talents Handicap in Paris is seeking a Procurement & Contracts Manager to own the procurement strategy across design, manufacture, install and commissioning projects. You will lead indirect expenditure, build supplier relationships, and ensure compliant tendering and contract delivery to improve safety, quality and cost.

The role requires a degree or higher, SAP experience, MCIPS, and a proven 5+ years in procurement leadership within highly regulated industries; familiarity with NEC

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or higher.
• Experience writing and negotiating contracts and NEC contracts.
• Experience managing claims and disputes with suppliers.
• MCIPS qualification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create, implement and review procurement strategies that are innovative, cost-effective, and address industry complexities.
• Ownership and continuous improvement of procurement procedures and processes.
• Define objectives related to procurement performance and efficiency.
• Review data and KPIs to support procurement efficiency.
• Identify strategic partners and manage long-term supplier relationships and contracts.
• Lead tenders and RFQs to meet project needs and negotiate terms with suppliers (and with legal).
• Oversee upstream procurement and team development and training.
• Lead transformation initiatives to build procurement capabilities and improve efficiency.
• Manage logistics, weights and dimensions for procurement activities.
• Prepare forecasts on market changes and company demands.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Regulatory awareness

Contract negotiation

Procurement strategy

RFQ / Tendering

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

MCIPS

Tools

SAP

Job description

As the Procurement & Contracts Manager, you will own the procurement strategy and approach for high-value and strategic procurement activity across design, manufacture, install and commissioning projects. You will also have responsiblity for indirect expenditure, and associated category management approaches, including professional services. The Procurement & Contracts Manager is responsible for ensuring that the company has a clear strategy on the purchasing of goods and services, and enhancing the approved supplier register, in consultation with other company departments. The Procurement & Contracts Manager ensures that procurement activity and project tendering is delivered in line with our processes and procedures to meet company objectives and improve safety, delivery, quality, innovation and cost. The Procurement & Contracts has responsibility for the procurement team from a strategy setting, scope allocation, process implementation, training and development perspective. The Procurement and Contracts Manager is capable to negotiate terms and conditions with their legal colleagues and is able to provide contractual advise to the business in both setting up contracts / procurement and in delivery of contracts, support in the event of disputes.

Key Activities:

• Create, implement and review procurement strategies that are innovative, cost-effective, and incorporate the growing complexities and challenges within industry;
• Ownership and continuous improvement of procurement procedures and process;
• Define objectives related to the performance of the procurement process and procedures;
• Review of data and KPIs support the efficiency of the procurement function;
• Identify strategic partners, build and maintain long-term relationships and contracts with suppliers in the industry;
• Understand tenders, projects’ needs and proposed adapted strategies to get quotes delivering these needs (deliver and manage RFQs);
• Day to day management of the upstream procurement process and function - including team development and training
• Lead negotiation on price and terms and consitions (with legal) to deliver value;
• Lead the Tenders and Projects team on the best route to market;
• Lead transformation initiatives aimed to build procurement organisational capabilities and improve procurement efficiency;
• Management of logistics, as well as weights, dimentions, etc;
• Preparation of forecasts on changes in the market or price as well as on the companies own demands;
• Management of Purchase Orders & compliance and support internal and external audit
• Negotiate terms and conditions with suppliers to ensure a strong commercial position for Framatome and advise the business on contractual positions
• Stakeholder management with other functions of Framatome Ltd for Supply Chain awareness and effectiveness

Training & Development Expectations:

• Educated to Degree level and above
• knowledge of SAP
• Expereinced in reviewing, writing and negotiating contracts and model form contracts i.e. NEC
• Experience in managing claims and disputes with suppliers through formal and informal means
• MCIPS qualified
• Management experience across multiple demands
• 5+ years in a procurement/ Supply chain leadership role

Person Specification:

• Experience major projects & multiple scope/ category procurement
• Experience of highly regulated industries.
• Good negotiating skills
• Good Knowledge of material procurement.
• Good knowledge of service contracts
• Strong commercial and contractual accument, able to easily de-mistify contract clauses and educate people on commercial clauses in contracts
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence/ present internally and external